The C.D. Howe Institute’s Energy Policy Program looks at the economics of energy use and development in Canada: its contribution to national prosperity and the regulatory and fiscal changes that could enhance that contribution. The Program applies the latest thinking in public finance and resource policy to assess how governments can improve the global competitiveness of the energy sector, improve the understanding of the need for energy market access, foster the innovation that will create the energy sector of the future, and help policymakers collaborate locally, nationally and globally.
The Institute has created the Energy Policy Council to advise the program. The Council convenes industry leaders, policymakers, subject-matter experts and leading academics, for bi-annual meetings – once in Calgary, once in Toronto – to review the work program and draft papers. The role of the Council is to support and advise the Institute’s research and events program pertaining to Canada’s energy sector.
Co-Chairs

Brad Corson
Chairman, President and CEO, Imperial OilMembers

Richard Anderson
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group
Jürgen Beier
National Energy & Resource Leader, Deloitte Canada
Chris Benedetti
Principal, Sussex Strategy Group
Michael Bernstein
Executive Director, Canadians for Clean Prosperity
Francis Bradley
President & CEO, Canadian Electricity Association
Ben Brunnen
Vice President, Oil Sands, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Tabatha Bull
President and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Dave Collyer
Corporate Director and Business Consultant
Pat Dalzell
Head of Corporate Affairs, Bruce PowerResearch Papers


Driving Ambitions: The Implications of Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector by 2030
July 20, 2021
Power Surge: The Causes of (and Solutions to) Ontario’s Electricity Price Rise Since 2006
June 15, 2021

